Across all payer types, the number of clinical professionals delivering integrated, mental health and primary care services using the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) billing codes increased by at least a factor of five nationally between 2018 and 2022, according to a recent study. Adoption rates varied considerably between insurance coverage types and across different geographic…

About 64% of health care provider organizations expect a shift toward value-based care in 2025, compared to 2024, according to a recent survey. About 30% of organizations reported that 25% or more of their revenue is tied to value-based care (VBC) contracts, and about 13% reported that more than 50% of revenue was linked to…

About 55% of behavioral health professionals serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries accepted new appointments in 2023, according to a federal survey report. However, 24% reported wait times of more than 30 days for a new appointment. About 5% had wait times of 90 days or longer for a new appointment. The percentage of health care…

About 30% of artificial intelligence (AI) pilots intended for health care applications reach the production phase of the software development lifecycle, based on a recent survey conducted by Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain & Company, and Amazon Web Services. The survey respondents said that security, data readiness, integration costs, and limited in-house expertise affected whether a…

Youth Medicaid beneficiaries in Colorado had medication costs of $1.1 billion, with 47% of costs attributed to the 6% of youth taking five or more medications, according to data from the 2022 Colorado All Payer Claims Database. The remaining 53% of costs were attributed to the 94% of youth taking fewer medications concurrently. Of the…

On June 30, 2025, Joint Commission launched Accreditation 360: The New Standard, a simplified accreditation standard for hospitals and health care provider organizations. The new approach has fewer requirements and a strong focus on consumer outcomes, according to the announcement. It is intended to streamline and simplify processes and more efficiently share best practices across…

DarioHealth Corp. (Dario), which provides a digital health platform for chronic condition self-management, partnered with GreenKey Health (GreenKey), which provides a value-based care management program for consumers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Dario and GreenKey plan to deliver a value-based, tiered, data-driven solution for integrating behavioral health, sleep health, and cardiometabolic care through this partnership. …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Final Rule. Its stated aim is to reduce individual health insurance premiums by approximately 5% on average and save taxpayers up to $12 billion in 2026. The rule addresses what CMS describes as widespread fraud in Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

Unite Us, which integrates health and community-based care, and Nomi Health, a national health care financial services platform, partnered to deliver an innovative joint solution designed to streamline administration and accelerate payments to community-based organizations (CBOs) on behalf of Medicaid health care payers. The partnership is intended to ensure that essential community services for Medicaid…